Sodium Carbonate → 5-phenyl-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-2(3H)-one

Participants

Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a stirred mixture of 5-bromo-7-azaoxindole (213 mg, 1 mmol) and phenylboronic acid (183 mg, 1.5 mmol) in toluene (6 ml) and ethanol (6 ml) were added 1 M sodium carbonate solution (2.5 ml, 2.5 mmol), lithium chloride (127 mg, 3 mmol) and dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) (35 mg, 0.05 mmol) under N2 atmosphere. The reaction mixture was heated to reflux at 95° C. for 18 hours. The reaction mixture was diluted with chloroform (50 ml) and washed with brine (20 ml). The aqueous layer was thoroughly extracted with chloroform. The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous MgSO4, filtered and evaporated under vacuum to give crude product. Trituation of the crude product with diethyl ether yielded 5-phenyl-7-azaoxindole as a yellow solid (108 mg, 51.4%). 1H NMR (DMSO-d6): δ 11.04 (s, 1H), 8.32 (s, 1H), 7.83 (s, 1H), 7.60 (d, 2H, J=7.4 Hz), 7.44 (t, 2H, J=7.4 Hz), 7.32 (t, 1H, J=7.4 Hz), 3.58 (s, 2H). MS (−ve APCI): 210 (48, M+), 209 (100, M−H).

Provenance & Evidence